DVD Review: New Moon
Posted on Mar 21, 2010 @ 03:15PM - Add a comment
Just how painful is a first breakup? For New Moon’s Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), separation is akin to death, with Shakespearean melodrama and consequences. In the second film in the Twilight series, which arrives Saturday on DVD, it’s the star-crossed lovers’ senior year in the rainy town of Forks, Washington, where Romeo and Juliet is required reading and hanging out half-naked has become de riguere.
EXCLUSIVE TWILIGHT BLOG: Rob, Kristen and Taylor At The London New Moon Event
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 @ 03:55PM - Add a comment
As the stars of New Moon travel around the world promoting the movie, they’ve encountered deliriously happy fans at every stop. Our fave blogger Lorabell was lucky enough to see them Wednesday night in London and here are her amazing up close and personal details.
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Hi! This is Lorabell and I just got back from the UK New Moon fan event and am still buzzing! In fact, I’ve been buzzing since I found out I’d won tickets and thought I’d reined in my inner-fan-girl until “those” photos of Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart yesterday – after that, there was no hope!
When I arrived at London’s Battersea Evolution, I seriously could not believe the amount of (squealy girls) people waiting to get in – you literally could not see the end of the line! Once beyond the gate – fabulous New Moon wrist band accessory in place – you walked straight up to the red carpet! Lit by a glowing “moon” and lined with flaming torches and more fans, I took my time strolling (OK, so maybe it was more “bouncing”) down and even getting “papped” on the way, whilst trying to contain my excitement that RPattz, Kristen and Taylor Lautner would be walking the same carpet so very soon!
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Inside the venue, the excitement continued as the foyer was decorated with real trees and atmospheric fog (very “Forks”) opening into a huge main room, dressed head-to-toe in New Moon posters, eerie red-lights and even cloaked Volturi and bare-chested werewolves. At the front was a huge stage with a giant moon back-drop… and we were three rows in!
Then, screens lit up either side of the room showing the red carpet out-side: Rob was the first to arrive looking gorgeously scruffy as usual and rather more smiley as usual - perhaps due to being back home… yeah that must be it! He graciously gave almost all of the crowd autographs as he grinned his way along the fans.
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Taylor arrived next, looking dashingly charming in his dark suit and made his way briefly down the carpet, looking a little too cute – is it legal for someone so young to be so buff? Soon behind, was Kristen – not arriving with Rob as many had hoped – the girl is stunning! She looked rocking in her daring outfit and killer heals, her skin is absolutely flawless and she is super tiny – imaging the most delicate person you know… and then halve that - t-i-n-y!
Whilst we were waiting for the cast to make their way down the red carpet into the venue, the director, Christ Weitz (looking especially dazzling in bright gold trousers) came out to kick things off and bring out Band of Skulls and the Magic Numbers from the New Moon soundtrack to get the crowd going. Like we needed any more enthusiasm?
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And then… it was time!
Chris came out again first, taking his seat on the panel and then the presenter introduced Kristen, who sat next to him, Rob who sat on the other side of Chris (and not next to Kristen) and then Taylor on the other side of Kristen: Taylor, Kristen, Chris, Rob. The screaming got so loud it actually became a whole new level of anti-sound – I swear, only dogs (especially werewolves) would have been able to hear it!
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The Q&A started and every time the presenter posed a question, the audience would erupt into new screams for their favourite actor. Rob, looking stylistically disheveled in a loose white shirt and black jacket (yum!) was obviously really glad to be back in his home town and in a very smiley mood – he barely ran his hands through his hair at all *swoon* as he does when he’s nervous. He was comfortably joking away on stage about the reaction to his name and saying how the thing he misses most about home is the British Twilight fans… oh, Rob you charmer! He’s obviously as beautiful in person as he is on screen – as I knew from when I’d seen him in NY over the summer - but seeing him out of character and just “Rob”, his most attractive quality is how unpretentious he is – throughout the Q&A he was just being really goofy and laughing away to himself.
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When Taylor was asked about his physical transformation for New Moon, he quipped that “it is not always necessary to clean a bit of blood by taking off your whole shirt!” – I’m not sure the audience agreed as they broke into chants of “TAKE IT OFF”… awkward! Luckily, Taylor laughed it off – but Rob thought it was hysterical, breaking into one of his giggle-fits, as he does quite a bit. Considering how young he is and how much pressure must be on those rather muscular shoulders, I was impressed at how he handled himself – answering very openly and almost bashfully – he’ll have Team Edward fans defecting in no time ;)
Kristen was bouncing eagerly in her chair, looking lovely and occasionally waving to people in the crowd – I was impressed at how expressive she was, really putting a lot of thought into her answers. Unfortunately, when it came time for her first question, one tacky fan thought it was a good time to throw her bra onto the stage at Rob – some pantomime “Boos” broke out, which I worry Kristen thought were directed at her – so I quickly organized a chorus of “We love you Kristen!” and she remained impressively poised. When asked who she thought which guy Bella should be with, she got great response by reasoning “if I was Bella’s friend, I’d be ‘dude, please make this easier on me’ because Jacob’s her best friend… but, I gotta say this guy” motioning to Rob, but coyly not looking over as he just grinned.
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She went on to say that her favourite time on set was when she and Taylor were playing catch and she chucked it at him with full force, as he caught it “like a mutt” – whereas Rob’s favourite time on set was “shooting the break up scene” laughing again, explaining “I just wanted to see the look on all your faces – DEVESTATION!”
I’ve got to say, throughout the whole event I was somewhat fascinated by Kristen – so much more beautiful in person than I realized and entirely unguarded – she has an impressively composed, genuine and soulful character. She’s obviously sibling-close to Taylor – and I can understand why, with his pure sincerity - they kept making funny comments to each other and pulling little faces. However, I can’t say I didn’t note more than the odd glance between Kristen and Rob – more than the occasional raised eye-brow and side-glance smirk. I can see how Rob could be a very easy person to joke around with but I can also see why they’ve got such great chemistry on screen – there’s a definite spark there and it’s set to “dazzle”!
HOT PHOTOS: Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Holding Hands In Paris
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 @ 12:22PM - 7 comments
It seems like you can’t be in the most romantic city in the world and not feel a little love, right Rob and Kristen? After promoting New Moon in Paris, the Twilight star couple headed to the airport and to a private jet together and it looks like they’re almost holding hands. Well, we can’t blame either one of them!
PHOTOS: Rob And Kristen Hold Hands
RPattz and KStew have spent the last few weeks coyly denying their relationship, or at least avoiding the question of are they/aren’t they? However, the two look quite happy as the depart the City of Lights together.
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The film franchise's star trio -- Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner -- posed on a balcony with New Moon's director, Chris Weitz, for cameras at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, France earlier on Tuesday, where they are doing promotional work for the long-awaited sequel.
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At the press conference for New Moon on November 6 in Los Angeles Rob told a story of his most romantic moment. "I put a flower on someone's locker when I was 15-years-old," Pattinson said. "This girl called Maria."
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Despite the floral declaration of affection, Pattinson was out- maneuvered by a rival suitor. "She thought it was someone else. And the other guy, he claimed the flower," the actor admitted. "Yeah, it was great."
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Kristen is well aware that people care about her relationship with Rob, but isn’t so keen to talk about it. "I probably would've answered [the romance question] if people hadn't made such a big deal about it," she told Entertainment Weekly. "But I'm not going to give the fiending an answer."
Make or Break Week for New Moon
Posted on Jul 19, 2009 @ 11:19AM - 1 comment
With Comic-Con only days away, Summit Entertainment and director Chris Weitz are preparing for New Moon madness, with a preliminary promotional sweep that could make or break the second film in the Twilight Saga.
Sunday's Los Angeles Times wrote of their visit to the New Moon set today, where an interview with Weitz revealed what's at stake (no pun) for the highly anticipated flick.
Click here for tons of amazing stills from New Moon.
"The fear sometimes when you're making a film is that you've gotten everybody all dressed up with nowhere to go. Certainly, there is the possibility that I can drop the ball," Weitz said.
The sequel is a different animal from the first film, where pale make-up and the odd tree-climbing sufficed for special effects. In this installment, you've got strapping young men becoming werewolves, Kristen Stewart's Bella doing all sorts of destructive stunts and an Italian Royal Family of vampires to worry about.
The Times estimates that around 450 visual effects must be completed before Moon's November release, in addition to score and soundtrack (featuring Radiohead, Muse and Band of Skulls this go-round).
And as for studio Summit--they're too busy shouldering Eclipse, the saga's third film, which has tapped Hard Candy helmer David Slade, known for clinical terror and outright gore with flicks like 30 Days of Night.
The fate of the film, says the paper, really belongs to its overwhelmingly popular (and borderline reclusive) stars--Robert Pattinson, Stewart and Taylor Lautner--who are slated to attend Comic-Con to help with hype.
EXCLUSIVE: Twilight Fan Ellie Blogs from the Set of New Moon
Posted on Jun 03, 2009 @ 03:55PM - Add a comment
Hey guys! Ellie here, with lots more to tell you about my day on the set of New Moon. As our day on set came to a close, Chris Weitz, the director, came out to introduce himself to us and thank us all for doing such a great job. And we even got to wave hello to Kristen herself! After one of the takes, Jen and I spotted her and started waving at her. She waved back and blew kisses, a huge smile on her face. It was pretty cool--we were huge fans of her work, far before Twilight was even written.
Click here for a look at some photos from the set
We also heard some exciting rumors about a possible Stephanie Meyers cameo in the movie. Sure, she talked about visiting the set on her blog, but it sounds like she also clocked some time on-screen. Other extras told us she was actually in some of the shots the day before, watching the scene from a plaza window and wearing all red to blend in with the rest of the crowd.
Sadly, we didn’t get up-close-and-personal with Rob. One of the main extra coordinators tried twice to get Robert to come out and say ‘hi.’ Both times, Rob said no, he didn’t want to and he couldn’t deal with it. The fans were so upset that the extras coordinator told them all too boo him as he was driven by—and they did! Really, nobody has any right to criticize Robert for his decision to not come meet the fans. Obviously, we’re disappointed because we’d love to see him and hear a few words from him. (It would be a major morale boost after a long day in the hot, Italian sun.)
But we can’t blame him. The fans were really out of control and some of them broke down in tears after seeing him walk around shirtless! In fact, sometimes the hysteria caused a lot of trouble for the filmmakers during the day. There were times where they’d line up the lighting and actors, start rolling, call action…and no sooner had Kristen begun to run towards Robert, they’d shout “Stop!” Then they’d begin yelling at us through the speaker in Italian to look at the door, because so many people had been staring at Rob. We had all been told to keep our hoods up and our cloaks closed, and to look only at the church—not what was happening between Rob and Kristen.
Once shooting was over, the stand-ins also came out and took a group photo with us. At one point, Kristen’s stand-in leaned down toward Robert’s stand-in. He stood up and grabbed her arm, jokingly biting at her wrist in a blood-crazy manner. (Kind of like what Robert did at the end of Twilight when he sucked the venom out of Kristen’s arm and couldn’t stop.) The fans went wild, laughing and cheering.
After the pictures, one of the yellow Porsches from the book was driven out into the square, which sent the crowd into hysterics as everyone flocked around it. It was a great ending to an exhausting— and amazing—day. I can’t wait to go see the film in November. I’ll be able to say I was there…as I try to pick myself out of the sea of red!
(Photo: Ramey)
